Elastra Corporation announced that Everything Channel's CRN has named its Enterprise Cloud Server (ECS) as one of the "100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products" of the year, and part of the top "20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Vendors." The Top 100 Cloud Computing products include 20 storage vendors, 20 security vendors, 20 productivity vendors, 20 infrastructure vendors and 20 platform vendors.

Elastra ECS brings an unprecedented level of automation to IT organization seeking to leverage cloud computing to address the fundamental challenges they face today.

ECS increases IT agility by cutting lead times through automatically generating deployment plans and provisioning of systems.

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ECS also helps reduce IT costs by minimizing human intervention in systems management while allowing IT organizations to maintain operations control by integrating with their existing tools and technologies.

"It's an honor to be recognized by the editors of CRN. The demand for IT efficiency is on the rise and it's important to create products to meet those requirements," said Peter Chiu, Director of Product Management, Elastra. "ECS seamlessly fits into existing data centers and addresses IT's perennial challenge of getting more done with fewer resources, delivering faster results and reducing IT operational costs."

The "100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products" list was based on nominations from Solution Providers rating technology, channel influence, effectiveness and visibility along with business and sales impact. The final selections were made by a panel of Everything Channel Editors.